Comments on: Nearly 6% of USFK Soldiers Test Positive for Chlamydia http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/nearly-6-of-usfk-soldiers-test-positive-for-chlamydia/ Serving on the Forgotten Frontier Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:18:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gerry http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/nearly-6-of-usfk-soldiers-test-positive-for-chlamydia/#comment-181069 Gerry Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:15:36 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/nearly-6-of-usfk-soldiers-test-positive-for-chlamydia/#comment-181069 I remember at Camp Red Cloud (in 1980) we were given a briefing on VD at the base theatre, when the instructer told the group about even one of the guard dogs who had come down with Chlamydia of the throat. An immediate question arose from someone in the group as to what the name of the dog was. I remember at Camp Red Cloud (in 1980) we were given a briefing on VD at the base theatre, when the instructer told the group about even one of the guard dogs who had come down with Chlamydia of the throat. An immediate question arose from someone in the group as to what the name of the dog was.

]]> By: Liz http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/nearly-6-of-usfk-soldiers-test-positive-for-chlamydia/#comment-180920 Liz Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:12:32 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/nearly-6-of-usfk-soldiers-test-positive-for-chlamydia/#comment-180920 Respiratory strands of chlamydia are endemic in Korea, too. Chlamydia in Asia isn't exclusive to STDs. Anyone teaching students in the institutes or school system is susceptible and the CDC often isn't smart enough to know the difference (the same antibiotics are used). If you get a stupid doctor, and he gets a throat swab that's positive (when I was in South Korea they rotated out every six or so weeks, so the doctor who did the throat swab often wouldn't be the one receiving the results of that test, which was a send-out back then) he'll contact the CDC. Anyway, just the heads up, it's no joke. Respiratory strands of chlamydia are endemic in Korea, too. Chlamydia in Asia isn’t exclusive to STDs.

Anyone teaching students in the institutes or school system is susceptible and the CDC often isn’t smart enough to know the difference (the same antibiotics are used). If you get a stupid doctor, and he gets a throat swab that’s positive (when I was in South Korea they rotated out every six or so weeks, so the doctor who did the throat swab often wouldn’t be the one receiving the results of that test, which was a send-out back then) he’ll contact the CDC. Anyway, just the heads up, it’s no joke.

]]> By: Mark http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/nearly-6-of-usfk-soldiers-test-positive-for-chlamydia/#comment-180905 Mark Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:43:29 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/07/21/nearly-6-of-usfk-soldiers-test-positive-for-chlamydia/#comment-180905 I'll bet this story makes the Korean press if it hasn't already. I’ll bet this story makes the Korean press if it hasn’t already.

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